Bulla Regia

Bulla Regia: Numidian-Roman city on a great plain in western Africa.

House of Amphitrite, Triumph of Venus

Situated on a large plain in the valley of the river Medjerda (i.e., the hinterland of Utica)
c.1000 BCE: Dolmens; early settlement
c.300 BCE: Trade route from Utica to Hippo Regius
Third century: BCE Carthaginian influence (temple of Tanit, Punic burials)
218-201 BCE: Second Punic War. Bulla Regia becomes part of the kingdom of Massinissa of Numidia
81 BCE: Refuge of king Iarbas
46 BCE: Rewarded by Caesar for its support in the war against Pompey; residence of king Juba I (hence the title Regia, "royal")
Hadrian (r.117-138) gives Bulla Regia the rank of colonia
Splendid houses, often partly underground; Memmian Baths; theater; forum with Capitol
Christianity (cf. visit by Augustine, who delivered a sermon in Bulla Regia)
c.439-c.534 Vandal rule (town is the last capital of king Gelimer, 530-534)
Byzantine rule; continued prosperity
Arabian take-over

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